Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to reauthorize the Farm Bill. The bill now moves to the ...

Former Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack proposes a 'small-farmer farm bill' and other solutions to help struggling US farmers.

After nearly 100 days of traveling the nation and visiting directly with hundreds of farmers across America, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins recently released the first set of policy ...

On Tuesday, October 1, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue made a grave statement about the lifespan of the country’s small dairy farms. “In America, the big get bigger and the small go out,” ...

A new U.S. Department of Agriculture report found the percentage of farms that are small and family owned remained unchanged from 2011 to 2020, holding steady at 89% of all farms. A new report from ...

I noticed it when first learning farming 14 years ago, traveling around small diverse vegetable farms in the US and Ecuador. Small farms that made all their household income from the farm struggled ...

"I know how important it is to have even just a little piece of land to help you get started." ...

Linda Adams is a Purdue Extension Community Wellness Coordinator for Marion County (Indianapolis), serving since 2015. She collaborates with communities to implement sustainable policy, system, and ...

“The Last Days of Butter Ridge” provides a tragic, personal story about the last of a long line of dairy farmers leaving the ...

Join us as we merge two popular Purdue Extension events into one dynamic conference. Designed for specialty crop growers and small farmers region wide, featuring premier educational sessions. Since ...

Small farmers fit within no simple definition. Each category has pitfalls—whether by acres, income, employees or head of cattle. Yet the definition is crucial, since it dictates state and federal ...